Sarawak
is best known as the land of vastness: Vast mass of land, vast ethnic
diversity and vast natural wonders. With three quarter of its landmass
still covered with the world's oldest tropical rainforests and latticed
with rivers and tributaries, it is home to weird and fascinating plants
and animals: deer the size of cats, big nosed and big bellied Proboscis
monkeys, fly eating pitcher plants, the world's largest flower,
lizards and squirrels that fly, and many others.

Making
up 37.5% of the land of Malaysia, Sarawak is blessed with vast areas of
both lowland and highland rainforest that is home to an abundance of
plant and animal species. The extraordinary natural wonders of Sarawak
are its national parks, including Gunung Mulu, the Niah Caves, and Bako.
Sarawak's cultural treasures are also fascinating, reflecting not only
the state's many ethnic peoples, but also the odd western influence of
Sarawak's "White Rajahs."

Sarawak, with its dense vegetation and endless rivers, boats are the
main mode of transport especially to its interior regions. The most
common boats used are low-lying pencil thin canoes called perahus'.
Equipped with outboard motors; they are move along the rivers with
surprising speed and agility. Travel in areas not accessible by boat is
often made by light aircrafts and helicopters. Major towns are serviced
by buses.

Kuching
Kuching, the capital is the most populous city in the state of Sarawak
and the fourth largest city in Malaysia. With a population of about half
a million people, it is without doubt the most pleasant and
interesting city in Borneo. It is hilly, leafy and has a very pleasant
riverside area.

Sarawak has
various national parks located throughout the State. These parks
which within reach from Miri, Bintulu and Kuching offer visitors an
excellent collection of flora and fauna. They contain abundant
wildlife, lakes, waterfalls, exotic plant species, secluded beaches
and jungle treks.

Gunung
Mulu National Park is the largest and the crown jewel of Sarawak’s
national parks. Its 15 different types of forest contains a wealth
of wildlife and thousands of species of ferns, fungi, mosses and
flowering plants. The park has one of the most spectacular cave
systems in the world.